- Scope and Contents
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Photographs and photographic postcards created by Solomon Devore Butcher of Nebraska, circa 1870-1916. Identified locations include Alliance, Anselmo, Ansley, Arcadia, Arnold, Bayard, Broken Bow, Callaway, Cozad, Crawford, Gibbon, Gothenburg, Kearney, Maxwell, Merna, Oconto, Pleasanton, Seneca, Shelton, and Wood River. Depicted are towns, businesses, events, sod houses, and landscapes.
Included are postcards of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. - Language of Materials
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Captions in English.
- Conditions Governing Access
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This collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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The Solomon D. Butcher Photographs and Photographic Postcards of Nebraska is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
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Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2019.
- Arrangement
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Arranged alphabetically by location.
- Dates
- circa 1870-1916
- Extent
- 3.42 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
- Related Names
- Andrew Smith Gallery Inc.
- Butcher, Solomon D. (Solomon Devore), 1856-1927
- S.D. Butcher & Son
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin